St Withburgas Well (In Churchyard of St Nicholas Church) is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 August 1972. Well.
St Withburgas Well (In Churchyard of St Nicholas Church)
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-forge-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 August 1972
- Type
- Well
- Address
- St Withburgas Well (In Churchyard of St Nicholas Church), Church Street, Dereham
- OS grid reference
- TF 986 133
- Coordinates
- 52.681, 0.93738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
St Withburga's Well, located in the churchyard of St Nicholas Church, is a medieval well featuring a tombstone with a carved cross. The well is enclosed by flint retaining walls on three sides and has a rectangular shape that extends partly under the east wall. Below the flint, there are two ring brick arches, and the structure is topped with a stone cope.
Local climate
St Withburgas Well (In Churchyard of St Nicholas Church) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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